Wire-reeling tool.



'UNITED STATES Patented September 22, 1905,.

'JOHN c. EBEE-Ln, JR., orv LAFAYETTE, NDIANA.

WIRE-REELfING TOOL.'

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 739,403, datedtSeptember 22, 1903.

Application filed ootober 9,1902. sentire. 126.584. (Nomade.)

To afZZ whom it mag/concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN G. EBERLE, J r., a citizen of the United States, residing at L'afayette,in the county of Tippecanoe and State The object of the invention is to produce a simply constructed and easily applied rdevice whereby the reel may be supported and .at the same time operated either to coil or uncoil the material; and the invention consists in a central shaft adapted to be clamped detachably to the reel andV provided with reversely-disposed cranks having extensionsv projecting in opposite directions in longitudinal alinement with the shaft to provide means whereby two personst may vsupport the reel and at the same time wind the material upon the-reel orunwindittherefrom- The invention further consists in certain novel featuresof construction, as hereinafter shown and described, and specied inthe claims.

In the drawings illustrative of the invention Figure l is'a side elevation ofthe device' applied to a reel, the reel being in longitudinal vertical section. Fig. 2 is an enlargedperspective view of the central shaft'detached from the reel. Figs. 3 and 4 are perspective views of the two cranks detached.

vThe 'device maybe applied to any of the various forms of reels and similar structures having longitudinally/#disposed central-apertures, but, as before stated, is more-particularly applicable for supporting and operating thus shown being of the ordinary construc-V tion. Y

The improved device consists of 'a central shaft 14preferably tapered toward one end and longitudinally fluted to combine lightness with strength, as illustrated 'in`Fig. 2. One end of the shaft 14 is screw-threaded, as

at 15, and the opposite end formed with a' tubular section 16, disposed at right angles to the shaft 'andi-preferably, provided with in- Wardly-extending spurs 17 for engaging one of the end members" or heads 'of the reel.

The shaft .liliandj its members 15, 16, and 17 will preferably be formed in one piece of malleable iron, but'may be formed in separate parts, if preferred.

The reversely-disposed crank members are indicated, respectively, at`18 A19, the inner end 20 of thecrankmember 18 being preferably oiset andi adapted to engage the aperture in the tubularmember 16, While the free end is exten'ded,`' as at 21, in longitudinal alinement Withthe shaft 14, it being understood that when rkthe end 20 is inserted into the tubular member 16 the end 21 will cx-y teud in longitudinal alinement with the shaft 14:, as shown in 'Fig.`1 f' The crank member 19 is preferably odset and flattened at its' inner end and provided with an aperture k22, adapted to engage the threaded end l5 'of thev shaft 14, as indicated in Fig. 1, and held in place thereon by a nut 23. The flattened end of the crank memberv L19 is also provided with a spur 24, extending plication of power andthe weight of the-load are brought close togethei'fth'uspreventing vibration and wabhlingof the reel A'during operation. erably be arranged e'x/tending in opposite directions, as shown in'Fig. 1. By this simple arrangement the,l vshaft 14' may be firmly clamped in position upon the reel and the `crank members connected thereto, with the extended ends 21 and 25' providing supports or journals for the device, as will be obvious.

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,and avoids the necessity of transporting heavy and cumbersome supporting frames or trucks, and by forming the cranks intermediately of the members 1S and 19 the journal or supporting ends 2l and 25, which are held, respectively, in one hand of each of two operators, are disposed at points remote from the reel to avoid all danger of the-operators coming in contact with the wire carried by the reel when winding or unwinding the Wire.

With this simple device two persons can readily build a line of fence and transport all the material and without danger of injury to themselves from the barbs on the wire, when barbed wire is employed, or injury to the wire, as the reels with the wire thereon may be readily transported without the hands of the operators coming in contact with the wire or the wire coming in contact with the ground, as the reels may be lifted and carried by the attachment, as will be obvious.

All of the parts forming the improved device may be constructed of metal, the handle members preferably of steel and the shaft member, with its tubular head 16, preferably of malleable iron, as heretofore noted.

The threaded end 15 will preferably be of iron or steel and cast into the shaft member 14 in the ordinary manner.

Some simple means, such as a set-screw 26, may be employed, if required, to secure the end 2O of the handle member 18 in the tubular section 16; but any other suitable attachment may be employed for this purpose, if preferred.

The device may be modified in minor particulars to adapt it to reels of different sizes and employed for different purposes, and I hereby reserve the right to such alterations and modifications as may come within the scope of the claims for the purpose of thus adapting lthe device to the different sizes of reels to which it may be applied.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is- 1. A reel-operating device having a shaft screw-threaded at one end and provided with an enlargement at the otherend, a crank member detachably engaging said enlargement, a crank member movably engaging said threaded end, and a nut engaging said threaded end outside said crank member.

2. In a device of the class described, ashaft screw-threaded at one end and having a transversely-disposed tubular head at the other end, a crank member detachably connected to said tubular head, and a crank member adjustably connected to the threaded end of said shaft, substantiallyT as described.

3. In a device of the class described, a shaft havingr a transversely-disposed tubularhead at one end, a crank member adjustably connected to said central shaft at the other end, and a crank member detachably connected to said tubular head, substantially as described.

4c. In a device of the class described, a shaft having a tubular head at one end, a crank member adjustably connected to said shaft at the other end and having an extension in longitudinal alinement With said shaft, and a reversely-disposed crank member detachably connected to said tubular head and provided With an extension in longitudinal alinement with said shaft, substantially as described.

5. In adevice of the class described, ashaft, a crank member detachably connected to one end of said shaft and having an extension in longitudinal alinement therewith,a reverselydisposed crank member adjustably connected to the opposite end of said shaft and having au extension in longitudinal alinement with said shaft, substantially as described.

6. A reel-operating device comprising a shaft having at one end an enlargement integral therewith and provided with inwardlyextending spurs, a crank member detachably connected to said enlargement, a crank member adjustably connected to the other end of said shaft and provided with an inwardly-extending spur.

7. A reel-operating device comprising a shaft having a transversely-disposed tubular head at one end with spurs extending inwardly therefrom, a crank member detachably engaging said head, a reversely-disposed crank member adjustably engaging the opposite end of said shaft and provided With inwardly-extending spurs.

8. In a device of the class described, a shaft screw-threaded at one end and having a transversely-disposed tubular head at the other end with inwardly-extending spurs thereon,

a crank member adjustably engaging said tubular head, a reversely -disposed crank member movably engaging the threaded end of said shaft and having an inwardly-extending spur, anda nut engaging said threaded end outside said reverselydisposed crank member, substantially as described.

9. In a device of the class described, a shaft screw-threaded at one end and having a tubular head at the other end, a crank member detachably engaging said tubular head and provided with an extension in longitudinal alinement with said shaft, a reversely-disposed crank member movably engaging said threaded end and provided with an extension in longitudinal alinement with said shaft, and a nut engaging said threaded end outside of said reversely-disposed crank member, substantially as described.

10. In a device of the class described, the

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combination of a reel having a longitudinalv said threaded end, whereby said shaft and' crank members are detachably clamped to said reel, substantially as described.

11. In a device of the class described, the combination of a reel having a longitudinal central aperture,a shaftengaging said aperture and threaded at fone end and provided with an enlargement at the other end and engagingl said reel, a crank member detachably engaging said enlargementand extended in longitudinal alinement with said shaft, a

reversely-disposed crank member movably engaging said threaded endand clamped upon said reel by a nut and having an extension in longitudinal alilnement with said shaft, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as* my own I have hereto aflxed my signature in the presence oftwo Witnesses.v l

. JOHN G; EBER'LE, JR.v V-Witnesses: v

IW. S. POTTER, YTP. T. POTTER. 

